A moment early on in “Disclosure Day” will instinctively feel familiar to anyone who grew up with Steven Spielberg films. A TV weather report predicts hail. The camera pans downward, from television set to kitchen table.

Any film history textbook would be incomplete without certain filmmakers whose legendary careers form a cornerstone of the art form as we know it: Alfred Hitchcock, Akira Kurosawa, Maya Deren, Kenneth...

Spielberg’s upcoming Disclosure Day is about UFOs and aliens on the surface, but at its core appears to be a story about humanity and empathy.